Ungrateful £@$%

I haven't had too many lady problems lately, life just seems a little dull with out the absurd encounters. So check this out. Wednesday evening I had the fantastic pleasure of helping my neighbor move. Mind you, I'm your typical shallow man and basically my neighbor is pretty damn good looking, so of course i'm able to help, no expectations...really. It was your typical move, unfun and lengthy; about six hours. To make a long story short at the end of the whole thing she says "alright." That's it...No thank you or any gesture of gratitude for that matter, just an alright, as in get goin. I must have missed something. Maybe moving a bed, couch, TV and other such chunky objects is no longer deserving of thanks. Tell me, is this okay? I thought it was pretty messed up. I'm sure somebody will condone it.

The Grind

Wheel spinning isn't my thing. Well actually for the last 2.5 years (since I've been in Atlanta) it has been my thing. I'd meet with a bunch of people who have a propensity for wasting time. I'd sell beats to some other people who really have no intentions or no real means of making anything happen. So about 3 weeks ago I just decided that enough was enough, no more BS, no more doing things because some person thinks its a good idea, I'm going to do what i want and make people enjoy it. The reason for the sudden increase in tenacity is primarily due to the fact that I've given myself a deadline of september 1st. But also because people I've started off with in this music business have surpassed me greatly...Unacceptable! My pride finally showed up. I'm far too good at making music to deprive the world of it. In other words I'm on the grind young!

HAIR jordan 1

Gotta pass on the "yeezy's" after gettin a picture of a new colorway release of the Air Jordan 1's today. They've got the same colors as the Air Jordan 7 that bugs bunny was wearing in the 1992 Jordan commercial. These are definitely on point. Somebody said they've officially run out of ideas by doing this but who cares when they still come out FIRE!

Air Yeezy

Kanye West has his 1st nike shoe dropping real soon. I'm feeling these right here. It looks like a hybrid between the Bape Roadsta the Jordan III's and a pair of Barkleys. Might have to get my $215 together this weekend...Thanks to www.Solecollector.com for the pics

Auto-Tune

Please welcome arsonal g.d. productions to the Auto-Tune club. I'm sure by now you've heard it in action even if you haven't heard of the actual product. T-Pain has based his career off of it, Kanye's 808's & Heartbreaks album is full of it, and Lil Wayne hasn't turned his off in almost a year. I've had this plug in for the last 6 months or so but only used it for its original purpose and that is to correct the pitch of people who miss notes on occasion. It's used in a completely different way these days. Seeing as how its part of the musical landscape and makes people with little to no talent ready for the radio i figured it would help me with my singing voice. The thing makes you sound pretty fantastic and as soon as i write and record a song that's worthy of your time it'll be posted. Stay tuned!!! (pun intended)

Infinity Essence Concept

Just a dope ride i came arcoss on my favorite vehicle website (www.seriouswheels.com) . Lemme know what yall think...

25 random things about Arsonal G.D. Productions

Everybody and their sister on facebook has done one of these things so i figured i'd be lame for a minute too.

1. I'm not nearly as angry as people think i am

2. My brother and I are not twins. (he's malik yoba and i'm apparently plaxico burress)

3. I make at least two beats a day (maybe two of those in a week are good enough to let people hear)

4. I used to be a class clown back in elementary school. (i used to be hilarious, not really sure what happened.)

5. I'm pretty sure i can beat mike tyson.

6. I hate hood names. (Sherquatta, Lakaevia, Vanneshia and so on...)

7. I rock Jordans 7 Days a week. (got on the black and grey 3's right now)

8. When i was like 9 and the shortest dude in school my dad suggested i become a jockey when i grew up. No Joke

9. I read as much of a magazine as I can in the grocery store.

10. I don't care for the word "swag." In fact it may be my least favorite slang in recent memory.

11. I've been in a screaming match with one person once in my life (girlfriend of course...it'll never EVER happen again. I'm not even sure who that guy was yelling at the top of his lungs at 5 am.)

12. I wonder about these black people who voted for McCain. Whats their life like?

13. I love cereal

14. I love DC

16. I love cars (SLs Carreras and other coupes with big engines)

15. I really like macallan 18. for sipping purposes only, not for getting drunk...

16. I hate that every black dude in atlanta raps

17. I hate atlanta rap

18. I hate groupies and groupie acting women.

19. Most days I wish I was married.

20. Basketball is my favorite sport, i love the way they dribble up and down the court.

21. I quote jerome (from martin) or some line out of sling blade as often as possible.

22. I'm Insanely loyal and protective. Better not nobody talk bad about ms jenkins...except me.

23. Heavy D is one of my favorite rappers

24. I remember what year pretty much every song came out (test me)

25. I watch fox news just to see how hard they hate on the left

DUHHH!

Good Day to all music listeners. it's time to get my self-promo on. This is my latest production credit, the track is called "duhh" on my man tabi bonney's newest album DOPE. Check it out on iTunes or however you get your music, it doesnt really matter so long as you're feeling it enough actually get it. Here goes some behind the scenes footage of the video shoot . (which i unfortunately didnt attend, but its still all good!!)

Them africans is comin up...I should know I'm one of em Barack what up?!

ONE-TWENTY-TWOTHOUSAND-NINE

 

I'm all late. But i gotta say I'm still inspired by all the events for the 56th inaugural. I just got back from DC last night so i really hadn't had a chance to write--but the whole scene was crazy. There weren't 4 million people there, it was probably more like 3 mill but still, when you see that many people in a relatively small space for one man it gives you chills. Maybe the chills were from the 22 degree high for the day. I drove up, and on the way my heat decided not to work so i was cold from the time i left Atlanta up until last night. The drive was long and arduous. The walk from the metro to the national mall was longer than the drive. Not to mention i was up for a good 30+ hours. But with all that, knowing the circumstances I'd do it again in a heart beat. Like my brother said "the juice is worth the squeeze." Supposedly there were 1.8 million people on the mall with another million or so on the parade route and at the end of the day there were no arrests. I guess people had respect for the moment. Oh yeah i ran this weekend but thats sooo not worth writing about

2008

Its crazy how so many people had a pretty sorry 2008 and cant wait for 2009. So let me say in my usually dramatic fashion that 2008 was the all-time worst! With such dissonance and disarray its ironic that 2008 carries so much weight and importance. I'm seeing that the universe has a way of balancing itself out. With that being the case 2009 is going to be the greatest of all time...

Department of Transportation

I wont be taking driving for granted for a while. This past weekend i found out that my license is suspended, and has been so for the last 6 months. Apparently i'm an irresponsible dude. Last february i http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifwent to NC to visit my family for a weekend and to get away from my roommate who was bothering me. On the way back i got pulled over for going 5 MPH over the speed limit. (as i mentioned in a post in February) In the midst of traveling and training and working and having too much fun i forgot all about this stinkin ticket. As it turns out, that was a costly mistake. I'm sure sometime in the last few months i thought about paying it but it just wasn't a high priority for me. Not such a good idea either. When you don't pay tickets, they don't just go away like i originally thought. So now instead of a $125 ticket, i have a $251 citation. I think they taxed that extra dollar at the end to mess with me. But thats not really the problem, the issue is i have to either mail the check to the court and they'll get back to me whenever they feel like it, and THEN i can get my license reinstated. or i have to drive to a place called mecklenburg North Carolina and pay it in person. I may not be driving until thanksgiving if this is the case. Moral of the story: pay your tickets, especially when out of state.

Katy Perry Remix

***May not be suitable for minors***

Check out my remix. And Of course i did the budget visuals for it. Hold your applause!

THE RNC (YEEEE HAAAAW)

I've been delinquent in my bloggery. I've been remiss in not commenting on how proud i am of "obiden" and the dnc. But what better time to write than the start of the RNC. Its old, its raggedy, its curmudgeonly, and its the rally for the retards and for whatever reason i'm gonna watch the majority of it. Already in the 1st two nights it lacks luster, but i guess the conventions have never been about excitement rather a platform to restate policies and agendas. But with Obama on the other side, and a woman with whom controversy follows, its become very entertaining. It is sort of a circus. Something the tabloids will get a hold of. Im sure Palin is gonna be on those crappy magazines you see at the grocery check-out lines for months to come. Needless to say, im voting for Obama. He's Black, i'm Black...thats good enough for me. But seriously, like a good friend of mine said to me on the phone the other day "you'd be crazy to not vote for Barck O if you want something better for this country." I agree. These folks giving their speeches at the RNC have this convoluted quote stating its not about the party its about the country. I thought thats what it was always supposed to be about.
The Repubs keep bringing up "keeping the country safe" and 9/11 no doubt was the catalyst for it all; putting fear in the heart of your enemies is a good tactic on most levels....So lets look at this thing objectively, no one fears McCain, i mean, look at him. And if he is no longer able to perform his presidential duties (smart money is betting on it) Palin will have her finger on the button? Word? You tell me what "our" enemies will think then. Not a good look. But for the next two days let the idiocy continue.

Not Broadcasting Coloreds

1st off let me state that i'm a fan of michael phelps and think what he did was amazing and we probably wont see anything like it ever again, hopefully...The news media is having way too much fun with the story. Phelps this, Phelps that, look at michael phelps mom and sisters. Its the kind of sensationalizing I would love if i had any prior interest in these people. But see the thing is the united states is only interested in such athletes every four years, and only if the 42 year old soccer mom would approve. I'd hate to think its a racial thing.
NBC did a few segments on his mom preceding his races and it quickly turned into over kill. Then came Dara Torres and Misty May-Treanor and a bunch of other stories that all superceded any track events. They let you know well ahead of time that they were showing Dara Torres at 10:37 PM and Michael Phelps was 7 minutes after that. That left me sitting there for 3 plus hours wondering when the hell are they going to show the 100 meter final? I'd like to get on with my life. I guess theres no intrigue in the 100 meters anymore since we're all on that stuff. Or is there no intrigue becuase usian bolt isnt a figure that white americans can embrace? I'm sure that's part of the equation. All i know is beach volleyball, while mildly entertaining, should never under any circumstance get more air time than track and field. And Michael Phelps mom doesn't deserve more camera time than David Oliver or Lauryn Williams.

Thank You For Smoking!

Why do people smoke? I've been trying to figure this out for the past 2 weeks. Weed, crack, blacks, black and milds, i hates it all! I go to the club and catch the back draft of a smoker or i'll talk to a girl and she'll decide to light one up mid-conversation, it aint nothin nice. I've had the experience of smoking back in the earlier years and it was work. I felt a lil sick, i smelled like trash. Not a good look. For those who have never smoked a cigarette, try it, see how it is. You'll see that it must have taken an incredible amount of tolerating such an unpleasantry for an extended period of time to become a person who "needs" a smoke. On second thought, bravo for the commitment! Bravo...

A Bolt Past the World Record

I tried my best to come up with one of those corny headlines sports writers always use, i think i did pretty good. Usian Bolt broke the world record saturday night and beat tyson gay in the process. Tyson Gay being the world champion in the 100 and 200 in 2007...Thats pretty big if you ask me. It is likely that running against Tyson will scare you into running faster but he probably was going to break it soon anyway. The best part of it was, it was on national TV in NY city where people who dont really care about track (92.4% of americans) could actually see it or at least hear about it. Congrats to the Bolt.
NOW...The worst part of it is, it was on national TV in NYC where every track cynic can see or hear about it. It wasnt just people who dont follow the sport, it was people who are knee deep in it too that started the negativity. Being that its an olympic year they decide they want more track to come through your television set and with that ESPN is showing Golden League meetings in europe and where ever else. So the day after Bolt broke the record the Istaf meeting in Berlin came on ESPN2. They also ran the 100, but the winning time was "only" a 10.07 by my man Nesta Carter. So dwight stones gets on the mic and says "thats his all time best time...not really impressive after what we saw in NY last night...usain bolt, what a star hes going to be." My opinion is that track is suffering in the states and dwight stones, who covers pretty much all major track events, shouldn't be shooting other athletes down like that if we're trying to get people interested in it again. Way to go Stones!
#2. I turn on Pardon the Interruption yesterday to see if they'd talk about it and sure enough they did. I was thinking man, this is great, track is getting some media attention. They finally get to talking about it and the 1st thing they say is they dont think its a legitimate record. Stating that either the timing was off or that he's on some magic pills. I mean, why it gotta be all that? I guess you're just damned if you do in track. The 1st thing you think when anyone does and thing remarkable is that they're on that stuff. I sure hope he isnt, but im not gonna bedowngrade the man for running that fast. I hope he breaks it again...actually i hope asafa breaks it. Im out...

ProTools 7.3

IM SICED!!! We have the new studio and as of last night it is fully functional and ready to go. We're about to run a well oiled operation here. So wack Rappers and Singers, get at me...i can even make your $#!T tighter!

Train Harder...Run Slower

...And we're back!
I'm pretty new to this whole track thing, especially the international competition aspect of it. Compared to other people on the circuit i'm a virgin. But who cares? The whole point of training the way i have been is to be able to lay it down and perform well under any circumstance anywhere in the world. Thus far it has not been the case. After last season i knew the 2008 season would be one of historical improvement. I ran world class times with half-assed training (i'd give it a 5.4 on a scale of 10 in terms of difficulty and amount of focus i had) a crazy party life and a couple of jobs on top of it all. Oh, by the way, i didnt go to the weight room once in 2007. So i figured i'd do damage with more intense training (including weights) better supplementation, and no partying and drinking until 6 am and then practicing at 10. With all that going for me i'd surely run a personal best or better yet a 9. I'm a solid 10.40 sprinter every time out. Tailwind, headwind, 103 degrees, freezing cold, it doesnt matter you're going to get a 10.40 out of me. I'm starting to think that maybe my body doesnt respond to the high intensity training and that i need to get rest more than i would have expected. Truth be told, i dont really have a coach, and the coaching i have been getting hasnt put me in a place to be successful. So for the rest of the season i'm just going to write my own workouts, tape myself and study my weaknesses. I did it last year and it worked and they say a broken clock is right twice a day. I just need it to be right once in this year.

I no longer give compliments

Usually before i write something i think about it for a couple of days so i dont come off all emotional like but this one is something else. i´ve been in brazil for what seems like three months but really is only 2.5 weeks. Everybody talks about how brazil got the greatest women and you´re gonna fall in love and not come back and so forth. That aint the case. Dont get me wrong, there are some that i wanna bring back, but just as i suspected some aint gettin it done.
So after each meet to get paid you go down to the secretary´s office and they make a copy of your passport, you sign some paper and they give you cash in exchange. Well at this particular meet there was this FIRE brazilian girl working there who gave me my money and spoke okay english so i figured i´d say something on the way out the door.

"you´re absolutely beautiful."

she replies

"No, thanks"

What? I was confused. It took me a second to even realize what just went on. I´m not even sure what the tone was, it was sorta sheepish but also a little disgusted that i even spoke. It wasnt the 1st time i´ve told a girl that but it was the 1st time i´ve been shot down. I thought it was pretty innocuous. I guess in giving a compliment she thought i was trying to get at her. I cant say that i wasnt trying to, but i certainly didnt give her the full court press. So as every tick of the clock passes i get more and more hot. I walk up to big aubs room and tell him about it and he had the same reaction i had. He turned out to be more hot than i was and he´s still indignant like 3 days later. One bad apple spoils the bunch. From now on, i say nothing. Also, i´m taking the D.O. approach. If you talk to me and i act stuck up or like youre not on my level it´s probably because youre not

TIMES IS HARD!

Something about downtown Atlanta is special. Since i've moved into the new condo about a week and some days ago i've gotten to see a lot more of the actual downtown area as opposed to the midtown area. Unlike midtown, downtown atlanta has yet to be fully gentrified and the result is more crackheads in a concentrated area. I gotta tell you, the atlanta crackhead is unlike any other. They're jive ruthless and overbearing but sometimes they're even comical. But lately it seems like everybody is on that stuff. A while ago a dude in a suit smoking a cigarette asked me for some change, i guess he was the sophisticated bum. Then you got your bum crackheads that always wanna get a quick ride down to the local wal-mart, and this always amazed me. Its happened 3 times this year that i can distinctly remember. I think they figure since they aint got nothing to do that i aint got nothing to do. Then last and most disturbing you have your ol' lady bum. She looked like the church lady in the 1st row with the fruit basket on her head who drives the old cutlass. She was backing out the parking lot yesterday and saw me, stopped and asked "excuse me, can you help me get a gallon of gas?" She really didn't look too safe but for some reason i felt bad for her situation. I'm like damn i know the gas is high but is this how you gotta pay for it? I cant call it but something aint right out here. Obama for prez